私が抱いたとたん、赤ちゃんは泣き出した。

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English Translation

The moment I held the baby in my arms, it began to cry.

Furigana

私(わたし)が抱(だ)いたとたん、赤(あか)ちゃんは泣(な)き出(だ)した。

Romanji

Watashi ga daita totan, akachan wa nakidashita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

抱く (いだく、だく、うだく)

to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug; to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor); to bear (e.g. a grudge); to entertain (e.g. suspicion); to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with; to sit on eggs

塗炭 (とたん)

misery; distress

赤ちゃん (あかちゃん)

baby; infant

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

泣く (なく)

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

抱

Readings: ホウ、だ.く、いだ.く、かか.える

Meanings: embrace, hug, hold in arms

赤

Readings: セキ、シャク、あか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ、あか.らめる

Meaning: red

泣

Readings: キュウ、な.く

Meanings: cry, weep, moan

出

Readings: シュツ、スイ、で.る、 -で、だ.す、 -だ.す、い.でる、い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude